A public comment period is scheduled at the MPO Policy Committee Meeting on August 21, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting is being held at the office of the West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission (WMSRDC), 316 Morris Avenue, Suite 340, Muskegon, Michigan. Meeting materials are available on the event calendar at www.wmsrdc.org.

The Muskegon and Northern Ottawa County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which is responsible for transportation planning in the Muskegon and Northern Ottawa County area, is seeking public comment on the transportation planning process. The planning process includes the 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Program of Projects (POP), the Fiscal Year 2023 – 2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and other agenda items.

The TIP is developed in a cooperative effort between federal, state, and local officials and serves as the final link in the transportation planning process. The primary purpose of the TIP is to identify transportation programs and projects to be funded with federal aid in accordance with federal law and regulations. This TIP is an outline of the transportation needs of Muskegon County and Northern Ottawa County through 2026. The LRTP looks at MPO’s future transportation network with the intention of being used as a guideline for transportation investment. The FTA POP includes 5307 and 5308 funding categories for the Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS) and Harbor Transit. Recommendations for new construction, safety improvements, congestion (traffic) management, air quality, non-motorized, transit, planning, etc. will be accepted.